Maryann Meken-Silvestri is proud to announce
an affiliation with Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Center located on 25
Church St in New Milford CT . She says, "The quality and the skill of
the artists I am privileged to be associated with is very apparent in this show."

The new show opening is on Feb. 1st. The reception will take place
from 4-6pm. Maryann adds, "This is an awesome venue for the arts
community and is promoted by the town cultural commission and the
office of the mayor. I would love to have a hand in validating the
support of their confidence in the artists involved by inviting friends
and family to attend and enjoy our new show!"http://newmilfordgallery25.blogspot.com/

Founded in 1966, Middlesex Community College is part of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System.

In the Niche:

Karen Bartone’s series of tondo paintings employ the traditional round panel format and the Italian Renaissance combination of oil paint and gold leaf. Picturesque subjects of reflected water lilies, trees, sky and rippled water dislocate viewer’s sense of specificity as they are composed within closely cropped peephole perspectives. The small scale and circular shapes here similarly reference telescopic and magnified slide compositions in as much as the direct landscapes they represent.

Bartone lives in Clinton, CT and holds an MFA from Western Connecticut State University and a BFA from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. See more of her work at http://karenbartone.com/Karen_Bartone/Home.html

Thursday, January 30, 2014

The Westport
Arts Center is now accepting submissions for SOLOS 2014, juried by Patricia
Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth
Atheneum.

We invite
you and your member artists and/or students to participate in this exhibition
which features fresh and innovative work by artists from all regions of the
United States and abroad.

About the
Westport Arts Center

The Westport
Arts Center’s Visual Arts program is dedicated to creating exhibitions of excellence
that enrich the local and global community. Each year the Westport Arts
Center hosts more than five exhibitions that are free and open to the public.
Past exhibitions include work by Chuck Close, Christo and Jeanne-Claude,
William Wegman, Paul Cadmus, Anselm Kiefer, Weegee, and Bernd and Hilla Becher.

About SOLOS

The SOLOS
exhibition is one way in which WAC celebrates the artistic talent and diversity
of its Artist Members. Past jurors include Susan
Cross, Curator at MassMOCA, Robin Jaffee Frank, Chief Curator of the Wadsworth
Atheneum, Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director of the Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art, and Ian Berry, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and
Curator at The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at SkidmoreCollege.

SOLOS 2014 will be on view from April 4 - June 1. Up to eight
artists will be selected to exhibit a body of work in the WAC Gallery. Submissions
must be received by February 21. To submit
your work, visit www.westportartscenter.org to download the prospectus and
enter your submission online.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Vernon Community Arts Center is a non-profit
organization committed to enriching lives and enhancing economic development by
bringing the arts to the diverse community East of the River through education,
events, exhibits and performances.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Deadline: January 31,
2014. CODAmagazine is accepting project entries for its February issue,
which addresses the theme of The Written Word. All design + art projects
that incorporate typography or symbols to send messages or tell stories
will be considered. CODAmagazine is a digital publication dedicated to
highlighting the best design + art projects from all over the world and
is published through Flipboard, a personal magazine platform with more
than 90 million users.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

DESIGN OPPORTUNITY.... graphic design. Please Reply... January 22, 2014
We have a corporate partner seeking our help to identify a graphic
designer. The designer must have experience working with Flash or
something comparable. They are looking to fill this need as quickly as
possible.

If you or you know someone who may have interest,
please send an email info@cawct.org ; today!
Include "Flash Design" in the subject line. Cultural Alliance Members
preferred, but all are invited to reply!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Shoreline Arts Alliance will be accepting submissions
for the 33rd annual IMAGES photography competition and exhibition,
March 28, 29, 30 at the Mill Gallery of the Guilford Art Center, 411 Church
Street, Guilford, CT. IMAGES 2014
celebrates the art of photography in its many aspects, formats and technologies
and encourages excellence among photographic artists. IMAGES is the oldest annual, statewide,
juried competition and exhibition open to all Connecticut photographers. Photographers with a passion and dedication
to photography as an art form are invited to submit work for consideration by a
distinguished panel of professionals.
Judges for this annual competition bring varying areas of expertise to
the review process and have included educators, curators, photographic artists,
critics, and gallery owners. Submissions
will be accepted at the Mill Gallery of the Guilford Art Center on Friday,
March 27, 4-8pm; Saturday and Sunday, March 29 & 30 from 10am - 4pm.

Call for Entry and Submission
guidelines will be available soon at www.shorelinearts.org. For information call 203-453-3890 or email Donita@shorelinearts.org.

Artspace New Haven is one of 11 semifinalists picked for the ArtTable Summer internship in 2014.

This is a funded internship program designed to foster greater racial
and ethnic diversity among women entering the visual arts field.

Please help identify students for the Artspace position... someone
already in, or coming to Connecticut, would be ideal. The intern will
receive $3,000 and have her choice of several outstanding projects to
work on, including our upcoming collaboration
with the Yale Art Gallery Chasanoff book object collection, our annual
Summer Apprenticeship for public school teens, or the curatorial
programs of our Open Studios festival.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Eileen writes, "On Sunday 1/26/14 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. I am having an artist reception
at the Comstock House in collaboration with Sotheby's International
Realty of Ridgefield, CT. The Comstock House is located at 203 Redding
Road (Route 107), Redding, CT. (Coming from Route 7, it is on the left
immediately after Umpawaug.) Built in 1807, this was the home of William
Comstock: Redding’s first postmaster. The warmth of this beautiful
antique colonial is an interesting marriage with my abstract oil
paintings displayed throughout the house. Stop by to say hello and have a
glass of wine!"

Monday, January 13, 2014

Fairfield University is set to host a career development workshop for Connecticut artists this week.
The university will host "Pricing & Presenting Your Artwork" as
part of the Make.Art.Work., Career Strategies for Visual Artists program
at 6 p.m. Jan. 15.

Silvermine Arts Center’s Gallery Director Jeffrey Mueller will lead
the workshop. Mueller is set to give artists the opportunity to explore
essential business skills by walking artists through the process of
pricing and presenting work, in a step-by-step method that "demystifies
these often challenging subjects," according to a release.

"Participants will learn the necessary questions to consider that are
essential components to their success as self-employed artists,"
representatives said in the release. "A variety of financial formulas
will also be introduced which can help artists price their work."

Make.Art.Work. Project Manager Jeannie Thomma will offer a look at
how to present on paper and develop effective artist statements and
resumes.

The MAKE.ART.WORK. program is presented by the Arts Council of
Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, and Greater
Hartford Arts Council, with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine
Foundation. Those who are interested in the workshop are asked to
contact David Green, David@culturalalliancefc.or or Jeannie Thomma, Jeannie@makeartwork.org.

FIRST STREET GALLERY is pleased to
introduce its third 3-day POP UP Show.One, of a series of three to
be held on consecutive weekends in January. Diverse groups of artists
are given room to exhibit an extensive range of work from abstract to
figurative; paintings, installations, drawing and sculpture. Each show
encompasses a broad spectrum of contemporary practice.

To welcome the upcoming spring season, we will be hosting a juried group show of landscapes and seascapes. This show will be open to artists of all styles and mediums, as usual. Subjects must be either landscape or seascape.

Opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 1, from 5-7pm

Submission deadline February 24Pick-up for non-selected works February 28Entry fee of $20 per artist will be collected at time of drop-offLimit 2 pieces per artistMax size 32"x40"All works must be framed and/or ready to hang.

Bob said, "Very nice interview with me! Thanks L & S!"

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Hey Music Alums!

Laura Piechota writes, "We are planning a band concert for March 8 2014, conducted by Time
Wiggins and Fernando Jimenez. Part of the lineup would be an alumni
band. If you are available and interested for a late afternoon rehearsal
- 7 pm concert please email me asap. Hope to see you there!" Laura piechotal@wcsu.edu

Monday, January 6, 2014

LCT will be holding
auditions for its spring musical, SOUTH PACIFIC on Jan 5th, 2014 from
3PM to 6PM & Jan 6th, 2014 from 7pm-10pm in the Arts Center Theatre
of the Thomaston Town Hall at 158 Main Street, Thomaston CT, with
Callbacks on Jan 8th @ 7pm. Rob Bongiolatti will direct, with Holly
McCann directing music and Caitlin Barra providing choreography. The
production will open on March 29th and run through April 13th, 2014 for a
total of 8 performances.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Friday, January 3, 2014

Let your creativity soar this year by signing up for a studio class or workshop. For the portrait enthusiast, be sure to make plans to attend the
new "Painterly Portrait Techniques" weekend workshop, the perfect
weekend skill-builder for those who want to take their portraits to the
next level.

Whatever your artistic goals may be, my New Year's resolution is to help you become a better artist in 2014.

Socrates Sculpture Park is accepting proposals for the Emerging Artist
Fellowship (EAF), an annual program that selects 15 artists for the
opportunity to produce and exhibit a large scale site-specific sculpture
or installation in the park.

Eric writes, "A book of my drawings recently published by the N.Y. Studio School with 50 color reproductions is now available.
Introduction by David Cohen
Essays by Nathan Kernan and Mario Naves.
It will soon to be available on Amazon.com or
get in touch with me at richolzman@gmail.com
Cost: $35 or $80 (with a little drawing on the cover like the one above) plus shipping
Please pass it along,
Thanks!"
- Eric